President Trump has spent his 21 months in office labeling his critics as unpatriotic. …
As the nation goes to the polls in what is widely seen as a referendum on the president’s conduct, policies and character, both his supporters and his opponents are expressing sharply contrasting views on issues like immigration, guns and the courts. But increasingly they differ on something more fundamental: what it means to be patriotic and how to express that politically. …
Like nearly everything in the Trump era, Americans’ divisions over patriotism have become more partisan, polls suggest. Gallup, which since 2001 has asked people how proud they are as Americans, found this year that 74 percent of Republicans are extremely proud, but since Mr. Trump’s election, the share of Democrats who are extremely proud to be American has plummeted to 32 percent. CONT.
Trip Gabriel, New York Times